199 Quotes by Wole Soyinka

Human life has meaning only to that degree and as long as it is lived in the service of humanity.

What I looked forward to so much was the day I would hug Abiola, but that never happened. Let us not talk about that now. Let us concentrate on the inspiration that Abiola and his family have been to us.

Each time I think I've created time for myself, along comes a throwback to disrupt my private space.

I was placed in solitary confinement for a year and ten months out of the period in which I stayed in prison, which was just over two years.

Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.

We are moving towards a total mockery of constitutionalism. The president has crossed the line of political toleration.

an opportunity for Nigerian civic society, an opportunity for the Nigerian military, and an opportunity for the international community.

One's own self-worth is tied to the worth of the community to which one belongs, which is intimately connected to humanity in general. What happens in Darfur becomes an assault on my own community, and on me as an individual. That's what the human family is all about.

It's been difficult, and without a question I've had moments when I just wondered whether we're not really pursuing an impossible ideal.